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About the Model:
This one is loosely based on Chris Shute's
Percy - The Ping-Pong Porter. I say loosely
because I have corrupted Chris's concept
for my own ends. Chris produced a model
plan for his version and this was published
in the September 2002 edition of Constructor
Quarterly so if you have a copy of this
CQ it might be useful to refer to that as
well.
I just love this animated doll which is
Percy. I think of him as very human. In
fact, as I said to Chris at Skeggy, if he
was any more human I would be challenging
Chris for custody! The above picture is
a general view of the model and for the
benefit of those spanners who have never
seen Percy in action, what happens is that
Percy crouches down at one side of the ball
tracks and receives into his arms one of
the Ping-Pong balls. He then straightens
while sliding over to the other end of the
tracks. When he arrives there, he opens
his elbows a bit and drops the ball back
on to the track. This ball then runs around
the track and back to the beginning. Meanwhile
Percy slides back and crouches down again
ready to receive the next ball.
This process continues ad-infinitum.
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